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Data Provider: Welsh Government Deliberate fires by fire and rescue authority, fire type and financial year
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Click here to sort2009-10Since April 2009, data have been collected via the Incident Recording System (IRS). This has replaced the previous FDR paper forms and may cause an increase in the reporting of some categories of fire from 2009-10 onwards.Click here to sort2010-11Click here to sort2011-12Click here to sort2012-13Click here to sort2013-14Click here to sort2014-15Click here to sort2015-16Click here to sort2016-17Click here to sort2017-18Click here to sort2018-19Click here to sort2019-20Click here to sort2020-21Click here to sort2021-22Revised data.Click here to sort2022-23Provisional data.Click here to sort2023-24Provisional data.
[Collapse]WalesTotals are not re-calculated when sub-categories are de-selected.12,91314,29710,6486,3997,5696,4347,1275,9356,3747,5236,0545,8876,1216,266~The data item is not yet available
WalesTotals are not re-calculated when sub-categories are de-selected.North Wales[Collapse]All fires1,5391,4401,376835792725703594650655653446472519~The data item is not yet available
All fires[Expand]Primary firesIncludes all fires in buildings, non-derelict vehicles and outdoor structures or any fire involving casualties, rescues, or fires attended by five or more appliances.483375370286243222253246215241248170143143~The data item is not yet available
[Expand]Secondary firesThese are the majority of outdoor fires including grassland and refuse fires unless they involve casualties or rescues, property loss or five or more appliances attend. They include fires in single derelict buildings.1,0561,0651,006549549503450348435414405276329376~The data item is not yet available
[Expand]Chimney firesChimney fires are any fires in occupied buildings where the fire was confined within the chimney structure (and did not involve casualties or rescues or attendance by five or more appliances).00000000000000~The data item is not yet available
Mid and West Wales[Collapse]All fires2,8353,2832,4261,4941,7981,5511,6121,2871,5201,7681,5931,5921,6821,465~The data item is not yet available
All fires[Expand]Primary firesIncludes all fires in buildings, non-derelict vehicles and outdoor structures or any fire involving casualties, rescues, or fires attended by five or more appliances.618562423277320291285288262283319251246234~The data item is not yet available
[Expand]Secondary firesThese are the majority of outdoor fires including grassland and refuse fires unless they involve casualties or rescues, property loss or five or more appliances attend. They include fires in single derelict buildings.2,2122,7202,0021,2171,4781,2601,3279981,2571,4831,2731,3411,4341,229~The data item is not yet available
[Expand]Chimney firesChimney fires are any fires in occupied buildings where the fire was confined within the chimney structure (and did not involve casualties or rescues or attendance by five or more appliances).51100001121022~The data item is not yet available
South Wales[Collapse]All fires8,5399,5746,8464,0704,9794,1584,8124,0544,2045,1003,8083,8493,9674,282~The data item is not yet available
All fires[Expand]Primary firesIncludes all fires in buildings, non-derelict vehicles and outdoor structures or any fire involving casualties, rescues, or fires attended by five or more appliances.1,7851,5471,258842782701832860722735694639604610~The data item is not yet available
[Expand]Secondary firesThese are the majority of outdoor fires including grassland and refuse fires unless they involve casualties or rescues, property loss or five or more appliances attend. They include fires in single derelict buildings.6,7548,0275,5883,2274,1973,4573,9803,1943,4824,3653,1143,2103,3633,672~The data item is not yet available
[Expand]Chimney firesChimney fires are any fires in occupied buildings where the fire was confined within the chimney structure (and did not involve casualties or rescues or attendance by five or more appliances).00010000000000~The data item is not yet available

Metadata

General description

Since 2009-10 data have been extracted from the Incident Recording System (IRS). This is a live system and consequently it is possible that data extracted at a different time may not match the figures in this table. For instance the data published in the Performance Indicator tables are extracted at a different time and so may not match exactly those presented here.
Fire data for 2001-02 to 2008-09 are taken from the FDR1 and FDR3 paper forms.
All data from 2009-10 onwards are extracted from the Incident Recording System (IRS).
2009-10 data were extracted from IRS in May 2011.
2010-11 data were extracted from IRS in May 2012.
2011-12 data were extracted from IRS in May 2013.
2012-13 data were extracted from IRS in May 2014.
2013-14 data were extracted from IRS in June 2015.
2014-15 data were extracted from IRS in July 2016.
2015-16 data were extracted from IRS in July 2017.
2016-17 data were extracted from IRS in July 2018.
2017-18 data were extracted from IRS in July 2019.
2018-19 data were extracted from IRS in September 2020
2019-20 data were extracted from IRS in August 2021.
2020-21 data were extracted from IRS in August 2022.
2021-22 and 2022-23 data were extracted from IRS in August 2023.
April to September 2023 data were extracted from IRS in February 2024.
2022-23 and April to September 2023 data are currently provisional and will be updated September 2024.

Source: The Home Office
Contact: stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Data collection and calculation

Data were collected via the Incident Recording System (IRS).

Frequency of publication

Twice yearly

Data reference periods

Financial Years 2001-02 to September 2023

Users, uses and context

The data are used to inform policy decisions and to provide contextual information. The data is used by the Welsh Government to help monitor trends in incidents attended by FRAs over time and provides information on FRAs’ performance and activities to citizens and communities in Wales.
See web link for further information.

Rounding applied

Fire data prior to 2009-10 are based on a sampled dataset and so are rounded to the nearest whole number. For this reason the sum of component parts may not equal the totals shown.

Revisions information

Revisions are marked with an (r). The most recent year shown is currently provisional and may be revised when the table is next updated.

Title

Fires by month, motive, location and financial year

Last update

March 2024 March 2024

Next update

September 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Fire incident recording system, Home Office

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Fire and rescue authorities

Geographical coverage

Fire and rescue authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

Since 2009-10 data have been extracted from the Incident Recording System (IRS). This is a live system and consequently it is possible that data extracted at a different time may not match the figures in this table. For instance the data published in the Performance Indicator tables are extracted at a different time and so may not match exactly those presented here.

Keywords

Fires, Accidental, Deliberate, Fire and Rescue Authorities, month, dwellings